You'll Have To Get Off And Walk 1907

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 29 July 2010
2010

When I was but a tiny tot,
I knocked the neighbors cold,
For I began to walk
When I was scarcely one year old.
But when I grew to be a lad,
I quickly changed my tune,
I'm sorry now that I began
to navigate so soon,
I had to walk to town
at least a dozen times a day,
The school, the market ev'ry thing
was just four miles away,
One day I stole a neighbor's horse,
and like a silly clown,
I said I'll fool the folks this time,
I'll walk it sitting down.
So on his back I slid,
And rapped him on his lid.
And oh! oh! oh!
Now what do you think he did?

Well just as I got on his back,
the horse began to balk,
And I felt just like a gawk,
So mad I couldn't talk,
And all the lads along the line
began to yell and squawk:
"Hey Bill! say Bill!
You'll have to get off and walk!"

Just as I got on his back,
the horse began to balk,
And I felt just like a gawk,
So mad I couldn't talk,
The howling mob surrounded me
I heard them madly squawk:
"Hey Bill! say Bill!
You'll have to get off and walk!"

One day I got a dandy job.
'twas just the thing for me,
As Jockey at a race track,
and a dude I got to be.
I won so many races
that my fame became immense,
And ev'ry time I fell in line
excitement was intense.
One day there was a Derby,
'twas to be a grand event,
Of course, I was the fav'rite and
the boys bet ev'ry cent.
When we went to the starting post,
the crowd began to yell,
"We've all got bets on you, my boy,
Go in and ride like hell!"
We started with a bound,
And scarcely touched the ground.
When oh! oh! oh!
I'll never forget the sound.

Well just as I got on his back,
the horse began to balk,
And I felt just like a gawk,
So mad I couldn't talk,
And all the lads along the line
began to yell and squawk:
"Hey Bill! say Bill!
You'll have to get off and walk!"

Just as I got on his back,
the horse began to balk,
And I felt just like a gawk,
So mad I couldn't talk,
The howling mob surrounded me
I heard them madly squawk:
"Hey Bill! say Bill!
You'll have to get off and walk!"

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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You'll Have To Get Off And Walk 1907
by Dave Reed Jr.
© MCMVII by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 29 July 2010 at 21.45
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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